Reader Photos! You will like this zebra-striped house and a link featuring DINOSAUR LUNCHES
PLUS: two ducks and a cat, make a cartoon version of your cat, Empire Records foreva, and cats cats cats cats cats why NEW and UNIQUE money tips are dumb.
Victoria’s English garden summer studio/occasional shop
Victoria started posting her sweet little backyard studio shed in the Offbeat Home Flickr pool. And with each photo, I fell a little bit more in love with her space. Come along on a tour!
A playful full-wall underseascape mural — seals, dolphins, and some anthropomorphic fish
Straight from the Offbeat Home Flickr group comes Katie’s epically-big undersea mural. That little seal can do no wrong.
So you think you ought to clean today: A systematic approach, part II
Part II of Allison’s systematic approach to cleaning. Today we’re talking about the actual nitty gritty like how to get started, and more importantly, how to stay motivated.
So you think you ought to clean today: A systematic approach, part I
I am not a “naturally” clean person. I didn’t grow up expected to do a lot of chores, and definitely not on a schedule. I taught myself, as an adult, how to be neat and how to clean, and I learned that I liked my house better when it was clean.
What’s your grocery look like?
Do it: buy into the voyeurism of the Internet. Show us what your grocery looks like. What you think about when you visit. What you think is different about yours than others.
How to create vinyl wall graphics with a twist of psychedelia
Wall graphics are super popular, but the selection of designs can be limited or expensive. That said, they’re easy to make. Ready to see how?
Brilliant idea for a wall: LEGO IT
HGTV made itself useful by posting a roundup of ten ideas for kids’ rooms — but this idea in particular is a bully idea for nerdy grown-ups everywere: Buy a ton of LEGO plates, affix to wall, enhance your awesomeness.